how we do that is going to have -- we're going to have to change the way we think about that. >> mike, if john kerry does proceed to the state department as expected, he'll be working under the direction of a president who said this in his inaugural address. take a listen. >> we will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully, not because we are naive about the dangers we face, but because engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear. >> was that not a reference to iran and its nuclear aspirations? because i have read a great deal about what you said about iran and that's consistent with the position you have taken which is we have to engage in diplomacy with this nation rather than this mentality that was expressed throughout the republican primaries which sounded like an invasion. >> well, it's a good point because, you know, if i was thinking about the speech that president obama gave, while it was very powerful and hopeful, there was one more piece that i think needed to be add fd you're thinking analytically, and that is even if that